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Andrés Iniesta to make 100th appearance for Spain

Assuming Vicente del Bosque chooses to play him, Iniesta will win his 100th international cap against Australia today
He scored the winning goal in the 2010 final against Holland and also helped Spain to win back-to-back European crowns

Andrés Iniesta has played 99 games for Spain. Today will be game 100 / PHOTO: @SeFutbol

Unless there are any late surprises, Andrés Iniesta will win his 100th cap for Spain today. National team manager Vicente del Bosque confirmed at his pre-match press conference that, although the team are only playing for honour and he is likely to give chances to the players that were left out of the first two games, the FC Barcelona midfielder will be in his starting eleven against Australia, “so that he can win his 100th cap”.

He’d be only the ninth man ever to make it to a century of games for Spain. He made his debut eight years ago under Luis Aragonés for a friendly against Russia in his home town of Albacete. His first official match came in the 2006 World Cup in Germany against Saudi Arabia.

Iniesta has lived through the most glorious period ever for the Spanish national team. The country won both Euro 2008 in Switzerland and Austria and Euro 2012 in Ukraine and Poland, and in the latter he was also named player of the tournament. But his greatest moment came at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. With just four minutes of extra time left in the final against Holland, Iniesta scored the winner to make Spain world champions for the first time ever.